Healing depression without medication A psychiatrist's guide to balancing mind, body, and soul
Book - 2020
"Psychiatrist Jodie Skillicorn presents a new path, debunking the myth of the neurochemical imbalance and exploring the roots of depression, such as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and poorly managed day-to-day stress. Evidence-based and fully supported by current depression research, Dr. Skillicorn's holistic methods for beating depression--including nutrition, mindfulness, fostering meaningful connections, exercise, sleep, nature, and breathwork--empower readers to become agents of their own wholeness and healing"--
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- Self-help publications
- Published
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Berkeley, California :
North Atlantic Books
[2020]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- [xi], 319 pages ; 22 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9781623173548
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1. The insanity of Conventional Psychiatry
- Introduction: The Unraveling of Truth
- 1. Debunking the Myth of Neurochemical Imbalance
- 2. The Power of Placebo
- 3. The Cost of a Quick Fix
- 4. Getting to the Roots
- Part 2. Is There Another Way?
- 5. Call of the Imagination
- 6. The Breath as an Anchor
- 7. The Mind as Master Storyteller
- 8. The Body as Navigator
- 9. Moving the Body
- 10. Nourishing the Body
- 11. Restoring the Body with Sleep
- 12. Environment as Sustenance or Poison
- 13. Heart, Energy, and Soul as Conductors and Synthesizers
- 14. Connecting the Pieces
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author